WO1989000355A1 - Agencement permettant de deplacer de l'air - Google Patents

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WO1989000355A1
WO1989000355A1 PCT/SE1988/000365 SE8800365W WO8900355A1 WO 1989000355 A1 WO1989000355 A1 WO 1989000355A1 SE 8800365 W SE8800365 W SE 8800365W WO 8900355 A1 WO8900355 A1 WO 8900355A1
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Vilmos TÖRÖK
Andrzej Loreth
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Priority to KR1019890700386A priority patent/KR890702307A/ko
Priority to BR888807595A priority patent/BR8807595A/pt
Priority to EP88906204A priority patent/EP0370044B1/fr
Priority to AU19845/88A priority patent/AU610612B2/en
Publication of WO1989000355A1 publication Critical patent/WO1989000355A1/fr
Priority to NO89894510A priority patent/NO894510L/no
Priority to DK573789A priority patent/DK573789D0/da
Priority to SU894742681A priority patent/RU2039403C1/ru
Priority to FI896107A priority patent/FI90480C/fi

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T23/00—Apparatus for generating ions to be introduced into non-enclosed gases, e.g. into the atmosphere
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T19/00—Devices providing for corona discharge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C3/00—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapour, e.g. air, by electrostatic effect
    • B03C3/34—Constructional details or accessories or operation thereof
    • B03C3/38—Particle charging or ionising stations, e.g. using electric discharge, radioactive radiation or flames
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F7/00—Ventilation
    • F24F7/04—Ventilation with ducting systems, e.g. by double walls; with natural circulation
    • F24F7/06—Ventilation with ducting systems, e.g. by double walls; with natural circulation with forced air circulation, e.g. by fan positioning of a ventilator in or against a conduit
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F8/00—Treatment, e.g. purification, of air supplied to human living or working spaces otherwise than by heating, cooling, humidifying or drying
    • F24F8/10—Treatment, e.g. purification, of air supplied to human living or working spaces otherwise than by heating, cooling, humidifying or drying by separation, e.g. by filtering
    • F24F8/192—Treatment, e.g. purification, of air supplied to human living or working spaces otherwise than by heating, cooling, humidifying or drying by separation, e.g. by filtering by electrical means, e.g. by applying electrostatic fields or high voltages
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A50/00—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE in human health protection, e.g. against extreme weather
    • Y02A50/20—Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters

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  • the air contains contaminant aerosols, i.e. suspended solid particles or liquid droplets, these contaminants will be charged electrically by the air ions generated by the corona discharge, and hence the contaminants, or impurities, can be precipitated electrostatically on the target elec ⁇ trode, Drovided that the electrode is suitably configured, or in a capacitor separator located downstream of the target electrode.
  • the electrode is suitably configured, or in a capacitor separator located downstream of the target electrode.
  • This increased fl2 resistance must, in turn, be compensated for by increasing the corona current and/or the distance between corona elec ⁇ trode and target electrode, an increase in corona current resulting in an increase in the amount of ozone and other harmful gases generated, and both solutions also requiring a greater potential difference between the electrodes. Conse ⁇ quently, it has been found very difficult to provide with an arrangement of this kind a satisfactory air transporting apparatus which will simultaneously cleanse the air trans ⁇ ported, when air transportation is effected with the aid of an electric corona-wind or ion wind.
  • Fig. 11 is a schematic, sectional view of the same kind as that of Fig. 2, but illustrates still a further embodiment of an arrangement according to the invention
  • Fig. 12 is a schematic sectional view of the same kind as that shown in Fig. 6, but illustrates another embodiment of an arrangement according to the invention
  • Fig. 13 is a schematic sectional view of the same kind as that shown in Fig. 6, but illustrates another embodiment of an arrangement according to the invention
  • Figs. 14 and 15 each illustrates schematically embodiments of arrangements according to the invention provided with particular means for removing harmful gases generated by the corona discharge.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates very schematically and in axial section an earlier proposed embodiment of an arrangement for trans ⁇ porting air, optionally while simultaneously cleansing the air of contaminants in aerosol form, with the aid of an electric ion-wind or corona-wind.
  • This arrangement comprises a housing 1 in the form of a straight air-flow duct of con ⁇ stant: cross-section and having at one end an inlet opening 2 and at the other end an outlet opening 3. It is assumed that the illustrated housing or air-flow duct 1 has a rectangular cross-sectional shape.
  • a corona electrode K Arranged in the duct 1, in the vici ⁇ nity of the inlet opening 2, is a corona electrode K, which has the form of a thin wire extending transversely across the duct 1 in the centre plane through the duct.
  • Contaminants in aerosol form i.e. solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in the air, vill be charged electrically by the ions generated with the corona discharge, and conse- ⁇ uently these contaminants will strive to wander or migrate to the target electrodes M, where they precipitate out onto the electrode surfaces, therewith, in principle, enabling the through-flowing air to be cleansed.
  • the air-flow duct 1 of such an earlier proposed arrangement may also have circu ⁇ lar cross-section.
  • the corona electrode com ⁇ prises a short needle-like electrode which extends axially along the centre axis of the duct, and the target electrode has the form of a cylindrical surface.
  • the target electrode M Neither would it im ⁇ prove matters by positioning the target electrode M at a distance from the duct walls such as to enable said walls to be made electrically conductive and earthed without risk of spark-over between the duct walls and the target electrode, since it has been found that the air flow concentrates com ⁇ pletely to the space located inwardly of the target electro ⁇ des, and that no air flow occurs in the space between the target electrode and duct wall. In actual fact, it is possi ⁇ ble, under certain conditions, to obtain in said space an air flow in the opposite, non-desired direction. In general, the air flow engendered with the earlier proposed arrange ⁇ ment illustrated in Fig.
  • the extent to which the air is cleansed can be slightly improved by increasing the axial extension of the target electrode or by arranging a plurality of tar ⁇ get-electrode surfaces in mutually parallel and mutually adjacent relationship in the air duct 1, or by providing a conventional capacitor separator downstream of the target electrode.
  • Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate schematically, and by way of exam ⁇ ple, a first embodiment of an inventive arrangement. Similar to the known arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1, this inven ⁇ tive embodiment comprises a housing 1 having an inlet open ⁇ ing 2 of rectangular cross-section in which a corona elec ⁇ trode K in the form of a thin wire is positioned in the cen ⁇ tre plane through the opening 2.
  • the illustrated arrangement also includes two, flat and thin target electrodes M which are arranged parallel with one another and with the centre plane through the inlet opening 2, at a substantial distance from and symmetrically on opposite sides of said centre plane, so that the angle ⁇ _ at which the corona electrode sees the two target electrodes M has a significant value.
  • the distance between the corona electrode and the target electrodes is meant the path along which the ions migrate from the corona electrode to the target electrodes, i.e. the length of the broken lines in Fig. 2.
  • the magnitude of the air-current driving forces is contingent on the length of the path migrated by the ions together with the strength of the ion current.
  • the inventive embodiment illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 differs from the earlier proposed embodiments, e.g. the embodiment illustrated in Fig.
  • Deflection of the air-flow also results in a certain amount of turbulence in the channels 6, 7, which further improves the contact of the air with the target electrodes M and therewith renders precipitation of the contaminants still more effective.
  • the position of the target electrodes M in the channels 6, 7 may be varied, so as to obtain a desired air-flow on both sides of the target electrodes.
  • the thin-gauge target electrodes M located nearest the corona electrode K Since the major part of the ion current from the corona electrode passes to the edges of the thin-gauge target electrodes M located nearest the corona electrode K, only these target electrode edges need be electrically conduc- tive, or semi-conductive, and connected to the voltage sour ⁇ ce.
  • the remaining part of the thin-gauge target electrodes M which part essentially functions solely as a precipita ⁇ tion surface for electrically charged contaminants suspended in aerosol form, may, on the other hand, have a very high resistivity, for example may comprise an anti-static mate ⁇ rial, or a material treated so as to become anti-static, having a resistivity in the order of 10 - 10 - ohms.
  • the target electrodes M namely receive very little current, the amount of current received corres ⁇ ponding solely to the electric charge of the contaminants precipitated onto the target electrode surfaces.
  • This con ⁇ struction of the target electrodes M renders the target electrodes quite safe to touch through the outlet openings 6a, 7a of the air flow channels 6, 7.
  • the tar ⁇ get electrode edges facing the corona electrode K may be rounded and made slightly thicker so as to enable said edges td receive and conduct away the ion current from the corona electrode more effectively, without risk of generating a corona, so-called back-corona, at the target electrodes.
  • the configuration of these target electrode edges may also be adapted to the flow of air past said edges.
  • a screen electrode S is arranged upstream of the corona electrode and connected to a potential which is substantially the same potential as the corona electrode, so as to prevent ions migrating from the corona electrode in an undesirable direction.
  • the coro ⁇ na electrode K has the form of an elongated thin wire, simi ⁇ lar to the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the screen electrode S may, for instance, have the form of a rod of relatively large diameter and extending parallel with the corona electrode K.
  • the inlet opening 2 is conveniently covered with a grid or net 8 which prevents unintentional contact with the screen electrode S and the corona electrode K.
  • the grid or net 8 may be electrically conductive and therewith earthed in ;ae same way as the side walls and partition wall 5 of the hous ⁇ ing 1.
  • the screen electrode S can be omitted and the grid or net made to provide the requisite screening effect.
  • the corona electrode K need not be positioned axially in ⁇ wards of the inlet opening 2, as in the case illustrated in Fig. 2, but may be positioned in the plane of the inlet ope ⁇ ning 2 or even axially outwards of said opening.
  • the net or grid 8 is configured so as to also surround the sides of the corona electrode K and therewith prevent unintentional contact with the electrode.
  • an arrangement based on the afore- described principles illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 may also have a circular cross-section, i.e. a circular inlet opening 2.
  • the corona electrode will consist of a straight wire or needle-like electrode positioned axially along the centre line passing through the inlet opening 2.
  • the two separate air flow channels 6 and 7 will have the form of a circular section air-flow channel which is located coaxially with and around the centre line passing through the inlet opening 2 and in which a cylindrical, tubular target elec ⁇ trode is placed.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate schematically, in a manner similar to the Fig. 2, 3 illustration, a further conceivable embodi ⁇ ment of an inventive arrangement having a circular-section inlet opening 2 and a short straight-wire or needle-shaped corona electrode K arranged axially along the centre line passing through the inlet opening 2.
  • the housing 1 and its partition wall 5 are configured so that the path taken by the air flow downstream of the corona electrode K forks symmetrically outward from the centre line passing through the inlet opening 2 to a circular-section air flow channel 6 which diverges conically in relation to the inlet-opening centre line.
  • a thin-gauge, frusto-conical target electrode M Arranged in the channel 6 is a thin-gauge, frusto-conical target electrode M, which extends essentially parallel with the channel walls and is located between said walls. It will be seen that an arrange ⁇ ment of this construction will, in principle, function in the same way as the earlier described arrangement illustra ⁇ ted in. Figs. 2, 3, and will afford the same advantages as said arrangement. It is possible that the air flow condi ⁇ tions are slightly more advantageous in the case of an arrangement constructed in accordance with Figs. 4, 5, since the air flow channel 6 diverges outwards in substantially the same direction as the direction from the corona elec ⁇ trode K to the target electrode M.
  • the total outer dimensions of an arrangement constructed in accordance with Fig.s 4, 5 will be larger than those of an arrangement constructed in accordance with Figs. 2,3. Since the corona electrode K of the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 comprises a short straight-wire or needle-shaped electrode which extends axially, the screening electrode S will suitably have the form of a ring arranged upstream of the corona electrode K.
  • each of the two air-flow channels will include a substantially flat thin- gauge target electrode similarly to the embodiment of Figs. 2, 3, the corona electrode having the form of a wire and being arranged in a similar manner to that shown in Figs. 2, 3.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate schematically an extreme, and in many respects a highly advantageous embodiment of an inven ⁇ tive arrangement, in which the housing 1 and the partition wall 5, which in this particular case is substantially planar, are so configured that the path travelled by the air-flow downstream of the corona electrode K forks at sub ⁇ stantially right angles into two oppositely directed air-flow channels 6 and 7, which thus extend substantially at right angles to the inlet-opening centre plane. It has been found that this embodiment will transport and cleanse the air very effectively.
  • the angle ⁇ within which the corona electrode K sees the target electrodes M can, in this instance, be made very large and the corona electrode K may be placed substantially in the plane of the housing wall or immediately outwardly thereof, so that the inlet opening or inlet port 2 can be made very short.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate schematically a similar embodiment having a circular inlet opening 2, and thus only a single air-flow channel 6, which extends radially in all directions, substantially perpendicularly to the inlet-ope ⁇ ning centre line, and in which a substantially flat annular target electrode M is arranged.
  • the target electrode or target electrodes of all of the aforedescribed inventive arrangements is, or are, thin- gauged (i.e. of small thickness in relation to their surface area) and are arranged in parallel spaced relationship with the defining walls of the channels 6,7, accommodating the target electrode or electrodes, it is also possible to give the target electrodes different configurations and posi- tions.
  • the target electrodes of all embodiments may comprise electrically conductive or semi-conduc ive surfaces arranged in the close proximity of or directly on the inner surface of the channel walls.
  • These target-electrode sur ⁇ faces may therewith be earthed so as to obviate all insula ⁇ tion and over-spark problems, in which case the whole of the high voltage potential will lie on the corona electrode.
  • thin-gauge electri ⁇ cally insulated electrode elements can be arranged parallel with and centrally of the airflow channels, in a manner similar to the target electrodes M of the embodiment illu ⁇ strated in Figs. 2-9, these electrically insulated electrode elements being charged electrostatically and forming, toge ⁇ ther with the target electrodes at the channel walls, capa ⁇ citor separators for effective precipitation of aerosol con ⁇ taminants in the airflow.
  • Fig. 13 is a schematic, sectional view, similar to the sec ⁇ tion shown in Fig. 6, of an alternative, exemplifying embodiment of the aforedescribed kind, which embodiment was found extremely effective when tested in practice.
  • the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 13 is substantially of the sane configuration as the arrangement illustrated L.i Fig. 5. 7, having a square or rectangular outer shape and a rectan ⁇ gular inlet opening or port 2, which extends across the whole of the vertical extension of the arrangement and from which the inflowing air is branched through substantially 90° out to two oppositely directed airflow channels 6 and 7.
  • the corona electrode K has the form of a wire and is arranged in the centre plane passing through the inlet ope ⁇ ning 2 together with a screening electrode S in the afore ⁇ described manner.
  • Each of the channels 6, 7 has arranged therein a target-electrode arrangement comprising three, thin-gauge target electrode elements M, of which two form the outer side walls of the respective airflow channel 6, 7, whereas the third target electrode element M extends paral ⁇ lel with and", substantially centrally between said outer side walls. All target electrode elements M are earthed together with one terminal of the voltage source 4, whereas the coro ⁇ na electrode * together with the screening electrode S is connected to the other terminal of the voltage source.
  • the wall 5 which divides and deflects the air-flow entering through the inlet opening 2 is advantageously insulated electrically.
  • the housing walls 1 defining the inlet opening 2 may be electrically insulated or. electrically conductive and earthed together with the grid 8 covering the inlet opening 2.
  • a flow of air is driven in through the opening 2 and out through the two oppositely directed channels 6, 7, in the same manner as that described with reference to the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 6, 7.
  • the air-flow channels 6, 7 have arranged therein further thin-gauge electrically conductive or semi-conductive elec ⁇ trode elements 10, which are located centrally between the target electrodes M. These further electrode elements 10 are electrically insulated relative to the surroundings, e.g.
  • these further electrode elements 10 form capacitor separators of principally conventional kind which engender effective precipitation of aerosol contaminants carried by the air-flow onto the target electrode elements M.
  • the edges of the further electrode elements 10 located nearest the corona electrode can be provided with outwardly projecting fingers or tabs which promote the desired electrostatic charge on the electrode elements 10.
  • the target electrode elements M and the further electrode elements 10 in each of the air-flow channels 6, 7 may be integrally constructed to form a single readily de.tached unit capable of being easily removed for cleaning or replacement, when the target elec- trode elements M are excessively soiled by the airborne contaminants.
  • an arrangement having the princi ⁇ ple construction described with reference to Fig. 13 can also be given a rotational-symmetrical configuration in a similar manner to the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 8, 9. Furthermore, it will be understood that the arrangement, irrespective of whether it is rotational-symmetrical or rec ⁇ tangular, can be configured in a manner in which the air-flow is deflected through an angle of less than 90°, instead of almost 90 , for example similar to the arrangements illu- strated in Figs. 2, 3 or 4, 5. It will be understood from the aforegoing that, an arrange ⁇ ment, in which target electrqde surfaces are applied z r.
  • target electrode surfaces applied on or located closely adjacent the channel walls may, of course, also be used in other inventive embodiments, such as the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 2-11 for example.
  • the target electrodes of the inventive-arrangement may have other configurations than those described and illustrated.
  • the target electrodes need not comprise surfaces which extend parallel with the side walls of the air-flow channels.
  • the target elec- trodes may comprise planar electrode elements positioned at right angles to the side walls of the air-flow channels, either with one or more mutually parallel electrode elements in each channel.
  • such alternative target electrodes will be arranged parallel with the plane of the figures.
  • the inner surfaces of the housing walls 1, 5 defining the channels 6, 7 may be coated with a layer of chemically active material which will absorb or catalyti- cally decompose the gaseous contaminants concerned. Since the walls 1, 5 of an inventive arrangement may be electri ⁇ cally earthed, it is also relatively easy to cool or warm these walls in order to change the temperature of the through-passing air.
  • the corona discharge at the corona electrode produces gaseous substances, and ozone and nitrogen oxides in particular, which are harmful or irrita ⁇ ting to people in the vicinity and the concentration of which in the ambient air should not exceed certain limit values in environments in which people are found.
  • An arrrangement constructed in accordance with the invention enables a large part of these deleterious gases to be reco ⁇ vered and rendered harmless, by providing the partition wall 5 located opposite the inlet opening 2 with, an opening 9 which is located axially opposite the corona electrode K and which has a configuration and extension similar to the coro ⁇ na electrode, as illustrated schematically and by way of example in Fig. 10 for arrangements of the kind illustrated in Figs. 6-9.
  • That part of the air-flow which passes in the immediate vicinity of the corona electrode and which con ⁇ tains the predominant part of the harmful gases engendered by the corona discharge will pass through this opening 9.
  • the air passing through the opening 9 can be recovered on the rear side of the partition wall 5, so that the harmful gases carried by said air can be rendered safe. This can be effected by releasing this air to atmosphere outside the building, or the air can be passed through a suitable filter in which the harmful gases are absorbed or catalytically decomposed to safe form.
  • a suitable filter can be arranged in the space located behind the wall 5, downstream of the ope ⁇ ning 9. It will be understood that this arrangement can also be embodied in all other embodiments of the invention, for example the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 2-5, 11, 12 and
  • Figs. 14 and 15 illustrate schematically and by way of example a number of embodiments in which that part of the air-flow which is laden with harmful gases is removed from the immediate vicinity of the corona electrode in the aforedescribed manner.
  • the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 14 is constructed essen ⁇ tially in the same manner as the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 . however with the difference that the target electrode of the Fig. 14 embodiment comprises electrode sur ⁇ faces M arranged on the inner surfaces of the side walls of channels 6 and 7, and the housing 1 and the partition wall 5 are insulated electrically.
  • the target electrode of the Fig. 14 embodiment comprises electrode sur ⁇ faces M arranged on the inner surfaces of the side walls of channels 6 and 7, and the housing 1 and the partition wall 5 are insulated electrically.
  • the volume of air that has passed in the immediate vicinity of the corona electrode K and which therefore contains the harmful gases engendered by the corona discharge will pass through the opening 9.
  • this air volume will flow into the space located rearwardly or inwardly of the partition wall 5 and can be cleansed of said harmful gases with the aid of
  • target electrode surfaces M of this embodiment are located relatively close to the opening 9, it is ensured that the air volume laden with harmful gases will actually flow into the opening 9.
  • Fig. 15 illustrates schematically, and by way of example, an arrangement of the same principle construction as the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 with the exception that the flow channels 2, 6, 7 of the Fig. 15 embodiment are of rectangular cross-section and the corona electrode is therefore in the form of a wire.
  • the target electrodes M of the Fig. 15 embodiment have the form of flat, thin-gauge electrode elements.
  • the partition wall 5 is provided with an opening 9 which is positioned axially opposite the corona electrode K and which has a similar configuration and exten ⁇ sion as said corona electrode.
  • the air volume which has passed in the immediate vicinity of the corona electrode K and which therefore carries the harmful gases engendered by the corona discharge will pass through the opening 9. These harmful gases can be removed by passing the air volume entering through the opening 9 through a suitable filter, in the aforedescribed manner. Because the partition wall 5 of this embodiment is electrically conductive and earthed, that part of the wall 5 located nearest the opening 9 will draw a given, small corona current when the distance between the opening 9 and the corona electrode K is suitably adapted therefor. This corona current assists effectively in driving the air volume passing nearest to the corona electrode K in through the opening 9.
  • a further thin-gauge electrode element 11 may be provided rearwardly or downstream of the opening 9 and connected to a potential of the same sign as the potential of the corona electrode K.
  • This electrode element 11 forms, together with the earthed partition wall 5, a capacitor separator in which aerosol contaminants present in the air flowing through the opening 9 can preci ⁇ pitate out. In this case, the contaminants are precipitated onto the partition wall 5.
  • aerosol contaminants are therewith prevented from entering and contaminating the filter used to render safe the harmful gases engendered by the corona dishcarge.
  • FIG. 11 thus illustrates schematically, by way of example, two or more arrangements of the kind illustrated in Fig ⁇ . 2, 3 placed axially in line, so as to be through-passed by one and the same air-flow.
  • Such an arrangement affords the advan- tage that the partition wall 5, whose outer surfaces may be electrically conductive and the inner surfaces thereof elec- trically insulated, will effectively screen the downstream corona electrode K so as to prevent effectively an ion current moving in the upstream direction, which is not desi- red.
  • Fig. 12 illustrates schematically two arrangements of one of the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 6-9 placed back-to-back with the inlet openings of said arrangements facing in mutually opposite directions.
  • This combination of arran ⁇ gements may, of course, also be effective with the embodi ⁇ ment illustrated in Fig. 13.

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Agencement permettant de déplacer de l'air, à l'aide d'un vent ionique, comprenant une électrode (K) à effet de couronne, au moins une électrode cible (M) située à une certaine distance de l'électrode à effet de couronne, ainsi qu'une source (5) de tension c.c. connectée entre l'électrode à effet de couronne et l'électrode cible. L'agencement comprend un logement (1, 5) muni d'un orifice (2) d'admission dans lequel est disposée centralement l'électrode (4) à effet de couronne, ainsi qu'un passage d'écoulement d'air s'étendant à partir de l'orifice d'admission et contenant l'éle ctrode cible (M). L'électrode cible est espacée de la ligne centrale à laquelle elle est symétrique, dans l'orifice d'admission. Le logement est configuré de telle sorte que le passage d'écoulement d'air se trouve en aval de l'orifice (2) d'admisison et que l'électrode (K) à effet de couronne, bifurque ves l'électrode cible (M), expulsant ainsi l'air pénétrant à travers l'orifice (2) d'admission vers l'électrode cible (M), et empêchant au moins la plus grande partie de cet écoulement d'air de continuer tout droit le long de la prolongation de la ligne centrale.
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DE3851628T DE3851628T2 (de) 1987-07-03 1988-07-01 Anordnung zur förderung von luft.
KR1019890700386A KR890702307A (ko) 1987-07-03 1988-07-01 공기 수송장치
BR888807595A BR8807595A (pt) 1987-07-03 1988-07-01 Sistema para transporte e para purificacao do ar
EP88906204A EP0370044B1 (fr) 1987-07-03 1988-07-01 Agencement permettant de deplacer de l'air
AU19845/88A AU610612B2 (en) 1987-07-03 1988-07-01 An arrangement for transporting air
NO89894510A NO894510L (no) 1987-07-03 1989-11-13 Anordning for transportering av luft.
DK573789A DK573789D0 (da) 1987-07-03 1989-11-16 Arrangement til transport af luft
SU894742681A RU2039403C1 (ru) 1987-07-03 1989-12-08 Устройство для транспортирования и предпочтительно одновременной очистки воздуха
FI896107A FI90480C (fi) 1987-07-03 1989-12-19 Ilmankuljetusjärjestely

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